Alpine: pcre: security update to 8.41-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406224

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7244)

- Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 4) or possibly have unspecified other
impact via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7245)

- Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 268) or possibly have unspecified
other impact via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7246)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7244

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7245

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7246

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406224

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7244, CVE-2017-7245, CVE-2017-7246

BID: 97067